Yamaha CS80

I've got one (also 2 pieces CS40m, SY1, CS80, also ARP Pro Soloist  
DGX). Produced in 1979, D means AFAIK Dual Channel. Sorry, I'm always  
busy and have no time to explain more. But there's a lot of info on  
internet, just google "Yamaha CS15D" - it will give you lot of links,  
starting with this one:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/cs15d.php

And you can download Owner's manual from Yamaha Manual Library.

There were also CS01, CS15, CS30L and CS70m...
And CSY1 - combination of organ and synth.

I have never seen CS20/40D... just M (it means Memory).

Daniel Forro

On 1 Feb 2011, at 10:58 AM, David wrote:

> What the... ???  I just saw this video:
> http://www.youtube.com/user/musictrackjp#p/u/1/RV7pdqgLqdM
>
> It's in Japanese and shows off the smaller, monophonic (ok - one  
> was duophonic) CS synths from the late '70s.  I remember the CS-5,  
> CS-10, CS-20M, and CS-40M from local music stores.  And I've seem  
> videos of the CS-30- which was apparently not sold in the US.
>
> This video shows off something labelled the CS-15D.  I've never  
> heard of it before.  It looks like the CS-20/40D but has a bunch of  
> fixed preset buttons replacing most of the knobs.  When did they  
> make this? Where did they sell it?  It looks like Yamaha's answer  
> to the Arp Pro-Soloist or a return to the SY-1/2.  Anyone ever use  
> one?
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> David